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Amos fortune free man is a biographical novel by elizabeth yates that won the newbery medal for excellence in american childrens literature in 1951 it is about a young african prince who is captured and taken to america as a slave . The newberry award winning amos fortune free man is the story of at mun the 15 year old son of a tribal king in africa who is taken by slave traders and carried to america he is sold to a quaker who teaches him to be a tanner. Amos fortune free man newbery library puffin elizabeth yates on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers a newbery medal winner when amos fortune was only fifteen years old he was captured by slave traders and brought to massachusetts. Based on the true story of amos fortune of jaffrey new hampshire amos fortune was born at mun son of an african king in 1725 when he was 15 years old he was captured by slave traders brought to america and sold at auction. Amos fortune free man is based on the true story of a man who was bom in africa captured by slavers when he was fifteen sold as a slave in america and freed when he was fifty nine amos fortunes life illustrates the triumph of a patient and peaceful man who deeply values freedom responsibility and the respect each human being owes to others